Trading the genome [[electronic resource] ] : investigating the commodification of bio-information / / Bronwyn Parry
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| Autore: |
Parry Bronwyn
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| Titolo: |
Trading the genome [[electronic resource] ] : investigating the commodification of bio-information / / Bronwyn Parry
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, : Columbia University Press, c2004 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (345 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 303.48/3 |
| Soggetto topico: | Biotechnology - Social aspects |
| Germplasm resources | |
| Bioinformatics | |
| Note generali: | Revision of author's PHD thesis entitled The fate of the collections--University of Cambridge, 1998. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-308) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- List of Illustrations -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. THE COLLECTION OF NATURE AND THE NATURE OF COLLECTING -- 3. SPEEDUP -- 4. NEW COLLECTORS, NEW COLLECTIONS -- 5. THE FATE OF THE COLLECTIONS -- 6. TAMING THE SLIPPERY BEAST -- 7. BACK TO THE FUTURE -- APPENDIX: METHODOLOGY -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX |
| Sommario/riassunto: | In a groundbreaking work that draws on anthropology, history, philosophy, business and law, Parry links firsthand knowledge of the operation of the bioprospecting industry to a sophisticated analysis of broader economic, regulatory, and technological transformations to reveal the complex economic and political dynamics that underpin the new global trade in bio-information. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Trading the genome |
| ISBN: | 0-231-50929-4 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910777677203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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